“The weather is now military”: Macron says time for negotiations has not come

The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, says the time for negotiations has not come yet, regarding the war in Ukraine.

"The weather is military for now", Macron says to Les Échos during his visit to China.

"I think that China comes to the same conclusion as us, which is that the weather today is military. Ukrainians are resisting, and we are helping them. Now is not the time for the negotiations, even if we are preparing for them and have to set milestones." French leader said. 

Macron added that the goal of his dialogue with China is the consolidation of several approaches to the war. This includes the support of the UN Statute principles, children's protection, striving for negotiable and lasting peace, and nuclear security. 

"A clear reminder about nuclear power, and it is China that must draw conclusions about the consequences of the fact that President Putin placed the nuclear weapons in Belarus a few days after he took the responsibility not to do it." Macron added.

The French President had talks with China's leader, Xi Jinping, on European security. 

"There can be no architecture of European security until the countries that were invaded find peace, or frozen conflicts exist in Europe. So you see that a common matrix results from it all.

Is Ukraine a priority for Chinese diplomacy? Maybe not. But this dialogue gives the opportunity to soften the commentaries about a certain self-soothing by China concerning russia," Macron stated.

French President and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrapped up meetings with Chinese leaders on Thursday with a plea for help restore peace to Ukraine and a warning not to supply russia with weapons.

Macron said he hoped that China would put pressure on russia to seek negotiations in the Ukraine conflict.

French leader and Xi Jinping, following the results of the negotiations in China, published a joint statement in which they condemned the nuclear escalation and called for restoring peace in Ukraine.